SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- UPDATE OF NEED FOR ASSISTANCE SCALES, BENCHMARKS AND DATA RESOURCE GUIDE
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Procurement Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A-19, Rockville, MD, 20857, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- HRSA-07-S232-0766-AB
- Response Due
- 9/7/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/29/2007
- Description
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is conducting a sources sought synopsis to locate capable organizations providing the services mentioned in the Description and in the paragraphs below. A Presidential Initiative to increase health care access in the Nation's most needy communities began in Fiscal Year 2002. This effort featured the creation of Federally-Qualified Health Center New Access Points and the expansion of capacity at existing Health Center access points. Early in this initiative, HRSA requested that an evaluation study be carried out to ensure that the needs determination methodology in use by HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) as part of the Health Center New Starts and Expansion grant application process was effectively targeting new grant funding to the neediest areas. The resulting study determined that methods then in place for scoring and comparing the relative needs of different community service areas and population groups could be substantially improved. As a result, the process used by BPHC for determining the Need For Assistance (NFA) of applicant communities was revised, to (1) reduce the total number of need indicators considered; (2) more carefully define these indicators and the scoring scales or benchmarks to be used with them; and (3) require the use of clearly verifiable data sources in submission of supporting data. The Purposes of this Contract are: (1) to update the Access Barrier Scales and Disparities Benchmarks used, within the Need for Assistance (NFA) methodology, for assessing the comparative needs of different communities applying for Health Center New Access Point grants; (2) to update the NFA Data Resource Guide, which is available to Health Center grant applicants through the HRSA-BPHC website, for applicant use in (a) locating available data relevant to the various NFA benchmarks and (b) identifying those data that are specific to their service area and/or population and (c) using these data to fill in the NFA Worksheet which is required as part of New Access Point applications; and (3) to carry out any impact or other analyses needed to make decisions about alternative choices for scales, benchmarks or Data Resource Guide references. Topics shall include: 1) Update Barrier Scales and Disparities Benchmarks within the NFA Methodology; 2) Update NFA Data Resource Guide: 3) Conduct Relevant Analyses; and 4) Submit Progress Reports and a Final Report. Interested organizations should submit their capability statements, demonstrating their capability to perform this work, in sufficient detail to assess their ability. Potential contractors must have an understanding of the purpose of the NFA criteria and their role in the New Access Point grant review process; familiarity with the reasons the NFA criteria were revised, with the revised NFA criteria and worksheet that were developed, and with relevant Federal Register Notices; familiarity with need, demand, access, and health outcomes indicators, especially those used in the NFA criteria; familiarity with the sources of data for these indicators and for health professionals used to provide primary care; familiarity with standards and benchmarks used for these indicators; and familiarity with the HRSA-funded Health Center program (also known as Federally Qualified Health Centers); familiarity with the Data Resource Guide (posted on the BPHC website), the websites referenced therein, and other similar websites that provide relevant data. Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance HRSA's consideration and evaluation of the information submitted should be provided. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541611 and the corresponding size standard is $6.5M. Your submission must be received in this office by 11:00 AM on August 20, 2007, by post office mail, email or fax at the following address: HHS/HRSA; Attn: Aileen Broider; 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A19; Rockville, MD 20857; Tel (301) 443-5231; Fax (301) 443-5462; abroider@hrsa.gov. The capability statements shall be not more than twenty-five (25) pages, on 8.5" x 11" paper, with 1" margins and a 12 point, commonly used font such as, Courier or Times Roman in length. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT / RFI IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. RESPONDENTS WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS OF THEIR SUBMISSION. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMING WHETHER TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE UNRESTRICTED REQUIREMENT. RESPONSES SHALL NOT INCLUDE COST OR PRICING INFORMATION.
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